A Sampler of Leaves from Plain Wrapper Press and Ex Ophidia Books. Essays by Richard Gabriel-Rummonds, Decherd Turner, Michael and Winifred Bixler, Golda Laurens, Bradley Hutchinson, Alessandro Zanella, Guido Trevisani, and Craig Jenssen
by [PLAIN WRAPPER PRESS] RUMMONDS, Richard Gabriel
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- first
- Condition
- Fine copy
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
(No place: Richard-Gabriel Rummonds, 1996). First edition. Limited to 40 copies signed by Rummonds. The Sampler includes a checklist of books produced by Rummonds at the Plain Wrapper Press and at Ex Ophidia. "This edition . . . was composed in Monotype Dante by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Golda Laurens lettered the title. Bradley Hutchinson printed the front and back matter on Magnani mouldmade paper and the wrappers on Fabriano Ingres mouldmade paper. The signatures and sections in the sampler were printed on a variety of papers by Richard-Gabriel Rummonds and Alessandro Zanella. The frontispiece photograph was taken by Guido Trevisani. The edition was quarter bound in leather with cloth boards by Craig Jensen at BookLab." - from the colophon. Fine copy. Folio, original quarter-leather & cloth, in publisher's cloth box. Fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23074
- Title
- A Sampler of Leaves from Plain Wrapper Press and Ex Ophidia Books. Essays by Richard Gabriel-Rummonds, Decherd Turner, Michael and Winifred Bixler, Golda Laurens, Bradley Hutchinson, Alessandro Zanella, Guido Trevisani, and Craig Jenssen
- Author
- [PLAIN WRAPPER PRESS] RUMMONDS, Richard Gabriel
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Limited to 40 copies signed by Rummonds. The Samp
- Publisher
- Richard-Gabriel Rummonds
- Place of Publication
- (No place
- Date Published
- 1996)
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Deep River, Connecticut
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